PLAYBACK DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, APPARATUS SELECTION METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
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Abstract
A television (1) including a function of a call using Internet Protocol (IP) includes: a communicating section to transmit and receive a call signal over an IP communication network; an incoming call destination identifying section (11) to identify a user who is designated as an incoming call destination; a judging section to detect a person who is present around the television (1); and a communication control section (13) to transfer the call signal to a mobile phone (4) of the user in a case where a plurality of persons containing the user has been detected. This offers a television capable of a call and ensuring the privacy of the call.
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23 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A playback device (i) including a function of carrying out a call using Internet Protocol (IP) and (ii) being capable of playing back one of a picture image and a sound, the playback device comprising:
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communicating means for transmitting and receiving a call signal over an IP communication network; incoming call destination identifying means for identifying a user who is designated as an incoming call destination of the call; person detecting means for detecting a person who is present around the playback device; and transferring means for, in a case where the person detecting means has detected a plurality of persons containing the user, transferring the call signal having been received by the communicating means to another device which is available for the user to carry out the call. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23)
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18. A playback device (i) including a function of carrying out a call using Internet Protocol (IP) and (ii) being capable of playing back one of a picture image and a sound, the playback device comprising:
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communicating means for transmitting and receiving a call signal over an IP communication network; incoming call destination identifying means for identifying a user who is designated as an incoming call destination of the call; person detecting means for detecting a person who is present around the playback device; and transferring means for, in a case where the person detecting means has not detected the user thus identified, transferring the call signal having been received by the communicating means to another device which is available for the user to carry out the call.
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20. A method for a playback device (i) including a function of carrying out a call using Internet Protocol (IP) and (ii) being capable of playing back one of a picture image and a sound, to select a device to carry out a call process, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a call signal over an IP communication network; (b) identifying a user who is designated as an incoming call destination of the call; (c) detecting a person who is present around the playback device; and (d) in a case where a plurality of persons containing the user have been detected in the step (c), transferring the call signal having been received in the step (a) to another device which is available for the user to carry out the call. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method for a playback device (i) including a function of carrying out a call using Internet Protocol (IP) and (ii) being capable of playing back one of a picture image and a sound, to select a device to carry out a call process, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) transmitting and receiving a call signal over an IP communication network; (b) identifying a user who is designated as an incoming call destination of the call; (c) detecting a person who is present around the playback device; and (d) in a case where the user thus identified has not been detected in the step (c), transferring the call signal having been received in the step (a) to another device which is available for the user to carry out the call.
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Specification